Cassie Robertson has swapped her classroom blackboard for cakes and pastries to bring a new café to the Arbroath area. The former school teaching assistant has spent 17 years in classrooms and was inspired to open her own business during the...
Read MoreA group of friends have revealed plans to create a distillery in Angus to brew moonshine, vodka, gin and rum. Phil Paton, Martin Brown and Campbell Archibald, founders of Angus Alchemy, are converting a disused caravan sales lot near Carnoustie into...
Read MoreAn Angus entrepreneur is launching a networking group for mums to make their business journeys less lonely. Montrose mum and business owner Lynne Collie will lead Mums UnLtd Arbroath, a business networking group. Lynne is launching the first Scottish group to make...
Read MoreThe Menu Food and Drink Awards will make a welcome return this year to celebrate the best of food and drink in Tayside and Fife. After The Courier was forced to cancel the event in 2020 the day before it was...
Read MoreEntries are now open for the Courier Business Awards 2022. Our gala awards, being held for the ninth year in association with Henderson Loggie, celebrate the achievements of companies operating in Dundee, Angus, Fife and Perthshire. There are so many quality companies to...
Read MoreA “biological incident” has been listed as one of the reasons behind the collapse of an Angus seafood producer. Arbroath-based Dawnfresh went into administration last month, but a deal was agreed to sell its Arbroath facility to Lossie Seafoods Ltd, a...
Read MoreMontrose Playhouse has been pulling in guests in droves since it opened its doors last autumn. The facility in The Mall is much more than just a place to go and see films. It is a community-owned three-screen cinema and art...
Read MoreA new era has begun for an Arbroath architectural practice. And Voigt Architects’ move into the harbour visitor centre building has brought the town’s one-time tourist information centre back into use. The move is just 400 metres from the firm’s former premises. But...
Read MoreWhat is the Employment Allowance? The Employment Allowance lets eligible employers reduce their National Insurance liability by up to £5,000 for the 2022/23 tax year. It’s designed to support smaller employers with their employment costs. In the Spring Statement, it was announced that from April...
Read MoreTay Cities Deal cash will fund an engineering innovation centre in Arbroath. The Scottish Government has committed up to £2m to the project that’s being described as a “significant milestone” for the engineering sector in Scotland. It is the latest Tay Cities Deal...
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